Chapter 1037
“Let L stay here for the night with her family before we do anything else.” Michael did not really have a
choice.
That night, L’s adoptive parents cordially invited Sophia and Michael to stay at their house, and they
also prepared a big feast for them.
L looked a lot happier and waspletely different from when they first found her. She had a smile on
her stoic face as she yed happily with her adoptive parents’ two children.
Sophia was leaning in Michael’s embrace and admiring all of it.
This family of five looks so happy.
“Why are you so quiet?” Michael pulled her in gently and ced a kiss on her forehead.
She snuggled up to him and said, “I miss Carmen.”
Holding her in his arms, he murmured, “We’ll be home soon.”
…
The next day, Michael was about to take L away.
Her adoptive parents were reluctant, but they also understood the severity of the situation. They knew
that they could not protect L. Moreover, they had two children of their own and did not dare to take the
risk. The ce that L would be taken to was a lot more well-off than they were. She was going to
have a better life from now on, so they could only send off her while holding back tears.
L’s sullen little face was covered in tears. She kept a tight grip on her adoptive father’s hand and took
one heavy step after the other. Her adoptive mother was busy telling Sophia about her daily routine and
the like while Sophia nodded along as she took a mental note of everything.
The moment they had to part ways, L kept wailing and was not willing to leave. Her adoptive father
sent their Golden Retriever along with her, so she would not be alone and afraid in a new environment. It
would make her feel better to have a familiar pet with her.
However, L still did not want to go and remained crying at the front door. Biting the bullet, her adoptive
parents shut the door and did note back out again. She continued to stand there and cry. No matter
who tried to coax her, she wouldn’t move.
Michael, who was carrying L’s suitcase, was also in a tough spot.
If it were possible, he also wanted L to stay here. Growing up in a family like that was a blessing.
Unfortunately, she could not stay there because only the Fletchers could protect her.
Eventually, Sophia managed to coax L into the car, and they quickly drove off.
Once the car started to move, Sophia saw, from the rearview mirror, that L’s adoptive parents had
come out at some point and were watching them leave.
It had gotten veryte when they returned to the hotel. As soon as the door opened, a little being flew out
from inside and gripped onto Sophia’s leg—it was the youngest Cethosian girl.
That was the first time Sophia had seen her act so clingy.
Sophia had named her ‘Poppy’. When she picked her up, she heard her soft cries and consoled, “It’s
okay, good girl. Don’t cry. I’m back now.”
Poppy continued to cry. Afraid that she would get beaten up for being too loud, she said in a small voice,
“I want my mommy.”
When Sophia did not returnst night, the children thought they were being sold off again. Now that she
was back, those several pairs of eyes were trained on her.
Hearing the soft sobs, she couldn’t help but think of Carmen. When she was caught by Katrina and
dragged upstairs to be thrown down, she also spoke very timidly.
“Don’t worry. I will take all of you to find your parents soon.”
Upon returning, Sophia was busyforting and holding the children. Michael brought L inside. She
was cold and distant. Even though she knew that Michael was not a bad person, she still had her guard
up.
Looking at the ce filled with nine children and a Golden Retriever, Michael felt the hairs stand on the
back of his neck but also felt like there was not much he could do about it.
Gosh, I almost went broke when we had a house full of fat orange cats. After we’ve barely managed to
send away a good number of them, we have a house full of children now.
He prayed that Sophia would not end up adopting all of them as he would have to take responsibility for
everything.
After thinking over it, Sophia decided to let the children get adopted locally into families of the same race
as them. In the end, they were left with three Cethosian children whom they brought home with them to
look for adoptive families in Cethos.
On the day that they left, Quinton sent them to the airport. He did not have a reason to return to Cethos
anymore. He only went backst time because he heard the news about de’s appearance and
wanted to warn them.
He did not expect that it would drag into so many other problems. Fortunately, his deed was done now,
and L had been found. It was also time for him to leave.
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Quinton held L by the hand and sent her off into the ne. He was still feeling a bit reluctant.
He watched her board the ne and did not look away for a while.
Michael was holding the dog on a leash. Before he went in, he patted Quinton on the shoulder and said,
“Goodbye. We will meet again someday.”
Quinton waved at him casually, then saw them off into the ne. He kept watching until their ne
disappeared in the sky.
Turning to leave, his eyes were filled with destion.
If the Fletcher Family had known about his existence back then, they would have done everything to find
him just like they did for L.
Sadly, that did not happen.
Old Master Fletcher was extremely happy that they found the child and was urging them to hurry home
so that he could meet the child. Regardless, that was still a child of the Fletcher Family. No matter how
evil her parents were, it had nothing to do with her.
They took the four children on board and headed back to Cethos. The first ce they went to was the
Edwards Residence. As soon as they entered, Carmen climbed out of the swimming pool and was
dumbfounded by the sight of Sophia and the four children.
She ran to look for Cooper.
“Grandpa! Look! Daddy and Mommy secretly had so many little sisters when I wasn’t around!”
Cooper was sunbathing next to the swimming pool. He was in a pair of swimming trunks while his rather
fit upper body was exposed. When he saw the children alongside Michael and Sophia, his brows pulled
together tightly, especially when he spotted L.
He automatically looked at Justin.
Justin still did not know what was happening, but Celine seemed to have realized something. Her eyes
were fixed on one of the children that Michael had brought home as though a strong presence was
calling out to her. He had brought home a total of four children, but she could not stop looking at that one
child in particr.
“Something feels strange…” Celine mumbled.
Michael could feel Celine’s gaze on them. He knew that she was looking at L. Even though they had
not met before, Celine could still feel something toward her.
He still did not know how to introduce the child. Putting it aside for the time being, he first went to make
arrangements for her room, meals, and the like. L was nervous to be in a new environment. She kept
holding her Golden Retriever and did not take a step away from it.
These days, both Sarah and Sean were at the Edwards Residence recovering from their injuries, so the
house was crowded with people. When they heard that Sophia hade home, everyone immediately
came out to see her. She even called Nicole on the phone toe over and said she had some gifts for
everyone.
Sophia started by giving out the local goods she bought from Ronney—some bags, jewelry, and other
luxury goods. Those were the majority of items that were sold there locally.
After she finished giving out the local goods, she started giving out the children.
“Sarah, I bought this baby from Ronney City just for you! She’s a girl; obedient and pretty! She even
looks like you! You should adopt her, then Sour Face will have a younger sister. If you end up having
another daughter, then it will be perfect!”
“Nicole, you should adopt a child!”
“Sean, it doesn’t look like you’re nning to get married any time soon. Why don’t you adopt a child?”
Sarah held the baby girl that Sophia shoved at her and asked after some hesitation, “Is this also one of
the ‘local goods’ that you bought in Ronney?”